Stoyan Gadev
# Stoyan Gadev

Stoyan Gadev (Bulgarian: Стоян Гъдев; 1931–1999) was a Bulgarian stage and film actor.

He is probably best known for the role of Stoil the Haidouk in the popular TV series Captain Petko Voivode (1981) written by Nikolay Haytov. Gadev is also known for his colourful appearances in classic film productions as The Tied Up Balloon (1967), Eternal Times (1974), A Cricket in the Ear (1976) and King for a Day (1983).

Stoyan Gadev started his career on the stage at the theatres of Burgas, Sliven, Dimitrovgrad and Pernik before joining the troupe of the Youth Theatre, Sofia. In the beginning of the 1990s, he was briefly a member of the Municipal Theatre Sofia.

Stoyan Gadev was decorated with the high government prize the Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius.

## Filmography

| Year | Film | Film | Film | Role | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Year | English title | Bulgarian title | Transliteration | Role | Notes |
| 1964 | Mezhdu relsite | | | Hristo | |
| 1966 | Prizovaniyat ne se yavi | | | Ivan | |
| 1966 | Mazhe | | | | directed by Vasil Mirchev |
| 1966 | Karambol | | | Trombonistat | |
| 1967 | The Tied Up Balloon | Привързаният балон | Privarzaniyat balon | a peasant | directed by Binka Zhelyazkova |
| 1968 | The Penleve Case | Случаят Пенлеве | Sluchayat Penleve | Anton | |
| 1969 | Ikonostasat | | | Stoyan Glaoushev | |
| 1969 | Tango | | | Melnicharyat Milan | |
| 1969 | Ptitzi i hratki | | | | |
| 1969 | Skorpion sreshtu Daga | | | | |
| 1969 | Priznanie | | | | |
| 1972 | Treta sled slantzeto | | | Knyazat | |
| 1973 | Like a Song | Като песен | Kato pesen | Neorientiraniyat | |
| 1973 | Poslednata duma | | | | |
| 1974 | Eternal Times | Вечни времена | Vechni vremena | the general | |
| 1974 | Kashti bez ogradi | | | | |
| 1974 | Zarevo nad Drava | | | Golemiyat | |
| 1974 | Buna | | | | |
| 1976 | Da izyadesh yabalkata | | | | |
| 1976 | A Cricket in the Ear | Щурец в ухото | Shturets v uhoto | a truck driver | |
| 1976 | Fairy Dance | Самодивско хоро | Samodivsko horo | the accountant | directed by Ivan Andonov |
| 1976 | Momicheto s harmonichkata | | | Niko | |
| 1977 | People from Afar | Хора отдалече | Hora otdaleche | Milan | |
| 1977 | Zvezdi v kosite, salzi v ochite | | | | |
| 1978 | Chuy petela | | | | |
| 1978 | Instrument li e gaydata? | | | | |
| 1979 | Chereshova gradina | | | Gorchev | |
| 1980 | Yumrutzi v prastta | | | | |
| 1980 | Spodelena lyubov | | | | |
| 1980 | Trite smurtni gryaha | | | | |
| 1981 | Captain Petko Voivode | Капитан Петко войвода | Kapitan Petko Voyvoda | Stoil | TV series written by Nikolay Haytov |
| 1982 | Byala magiya | | | Dancho | |
| 1983 | King for a Day | Господин за един ден | Gospodin za edin den | the priest | |
| 1983 | Konstantin Filosof | | | | |
| 1984 | Opasen char | | | | |
| 1989 | Ekzitus | | | | |
| 1990 | Indianski igri | | | Krachun | |
| 1991 | Veshtestveno dokazatelstvo | | | Lovetz | |
| 1992 | Vampiri, talasami | | | | |
| 1996 | Zakasnjalo palnolunie | | | Zliyat | (final film role) |
